Died 1952-04-24.
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Hans Kramers
Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers was a Dutch physicist who worked with Niels Bohr to understand how electromagnetic waves interact with matter and made important contributions to quantum mechanics and statistical physics.
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science · Dutch physicist (1894–1952) · theoretical physicist · physicist · university teacher · also Hans Kramers, Hendrik Kramers, Hendrik Anthony Kramers, H.A. Kramers, H.A Kramers, H. Kramers
Born 2 February 1894 · Died 24 April 1952 · Q451225
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1951· 1 entry
Won Hughes Medal (1951).
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1949· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris (1949).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse (1949).
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1948· 1 entry
The concept of renormalization into quantum field theory, although his approach was nonrelativistic
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1947· 2 entries
Won Lorentz Medal (1947).
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Career landmark: chairperson (1947–1951).
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1934· 1 entry
Left Utrecht and succeeded Paul Ehrenfest in Leiden
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1925· 1 entry
With Werner Heisenberg he developed the Kramers–Heisenberg dispersion formula, and in 1926 he was one of the authors of the WKB method
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1919· 1 entry
Studied at University of Copenhagen (1916–1919).
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1916· 1 entry
Studied at Leiden University (1912–1916).
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1912· 1 entry
Hans finished secondary education (HBS) in Rotterdam, and studied mathematics and physics at the University of Leiden, where he obtained a master's degree in 1916
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1894· 1 entry
Born 1894-02-02.
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